It is advisable to photograph animals in action - butterflies sucking nutrients from some substrate, mammals hunting prey, courting birds, snake swallowing prey, individuals fighting, monkey leaping, animals sprinting etc. This adds a lot of natural flavor to the photograph and highlights the fact that lives of these animals are not static, as depicted in many tight close-ups. A crisp portrait can make a powerful picture, but will find it difficult to compete with a crisp action photograph.

A giant squirrel leaps from one tree to another at the Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Karnataka